Category: Live

The highly-regarded Montreal band Arcade Fire have been announced as the first headliners of Isle of Wight Festival 2017, taking the Saturday headliner slot. Arcade Fire, who are currently at work on their fifth LP after 2013’s critically acclaimed Reflektor, have announced it will be their only UK festival of 2017. Isle of Wight‘s John…

​As Liverpool Music Week is closing, we’ve very sadly come to the end of DIY’s Breaking Out series. The band ending the unforgettable series, coming from Brighton boasting some great singles, Abattoir Blues brought their post-punk noise to the Arts Club Loft, our own writer-photographer, James Ainsworth went down to capture the event. But firstly,…

The DIY/LMW Breaking Out series continues when fun-punk rockers Dream Wife step onto the Arts Club Loft stage with some great support.  We walked in late to tonight’s proceedings, just as Whitecliff were on their penultimate song. The band didn’t seem to have the room’s attention and their music isn’t too original to grasp ours…

Liverpool Music Week has a history of great DIY/LMW line-ups, with last year’s inaugural including some names that have gone to bigger things. This year, instantly one name popped out to everyone, the twin-like duo of Let’s Eat Grandma.  Tonight opposite a packed headliner show, the wonderfully odd duo Lets Eat Grandma brought a calm…

The night started with my photo pass being restricted, annoying, as a photographer. So as I sat in the epic Arts Club Theatre, I wondered what the night had in store from this unusual sounding band, GoGo Penguin. Hailing from Manchester, this jazz trio released their first album Fanfares in 2012 and have since released…

TRANSFORMER, named in honour of Lou Reed‘s classic album, have announced their debut event in May 2017 featuring a massive, loud and post-punk filled line-up. TRANSFORMER, the new series of shows will be held in commemoration to the legendary Velvet Underground frontman and innovative musical visionary Lou Reed will be debuting on May 28th at…

For the second DIY/LMW Breaking Out show featuring blissful Dutch singer-songwriter Amber Arcades with some terrific support, our own Jack Cinnamond arrived hyped and left more than satisfied. This year’s DIY/LMW shows are jam-packed full of upcoming acts that are bound to make it big tied with wonderful local support but tonight’s Amber Arcades seemed…

There’s very few concerts that will surely leave you breathless, tonight’s (28th) headline appearance from legendary filmmaker and “The Master of Horror” John Carpenter was one of them. John Carpenter is a filmmaker like no other, not only does the man have so many legendary films but he’s also composed a unquestionably classic soundtrack to…

Tonight (28th), The Big Moon opened the DIY show series with a bang, with V Y N C E and Trudy and The Romance opening, we went down to the Arts Club Loft have a look. Having only know each other a year, these wonderful ladies boast an impressive selection of singles and albums on…

As the second night of Liverpool Music Week takes place, ’90s noise veterans Dinosaur Jr. make the Arts Club walls shake.  Walking into the Arts Club Theatre and quickly spotting the amp stacks is a great sign that tonight’s event will be loud, so loud it’s headlined by the ever-so thunderous Dinosaur Jr.  Firstly, local…